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Spy Cams Reveal the Grim Reality of Slaughterhouse Gas Chambers

January 18, 2023

Wired

Animal rights activists have captured the first hidden-camera video from inside a carbon dioxide “stunning chamber” in a US meatpacking plant.

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Spy Cams Reveal the Grim Reality of Slaughterhouse Gas Chambers

January 18, 2023

Wired

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Inspiring Stories from 2022, Part 3

January 13, 2023

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Inspiring Stories from 2022, Part 3

January 13, 2023

DxE Korea is unstoppable; disrupting the NBA playoffs gets people talking (and not just about sports); and a landmark verdict for the Right to Rescue

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Case Dismissed against “Chain Girl” Who Disrupted Memphis Grizzlies Playoff Game

January 13, 2023

ABC 24

Rosenberg was protesting Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor, whose factory farm, Rembrandt Enterprises, roasted birds alive in a mass kill method called “ventilation shutdown plus” after an avian flu outbreak.

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Case Dismissed against “Chain Girl” Who Disrupted Memphis Grizzlies Playoff Game

January 13, 2023

ABC 24

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Protest Burnout Is Real. Sasha Zemmel Wants St. Louisans to Stay Engaged

January 12, 2023

St. Louis Public Radio

After more than 80 years, the St. Louis-based Moolah Shrine Circus is ending its use of elephants. The decision was framed as a retirement, but the announcement followed months of sustained protests by the St. Louis chapter of Direct Action Everywhere.

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Protest Burnout Is Real. Sasha Zemmel Wants St. Louisans to Stay Engaged

January 12, 2023

St. Louis Public Radio

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Inspiring Stories from 2022, Part 2

January 11, 2023

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Inspiring Stories from 2022, Part 2

January 11, 2023

Keeping sanctuary animals safe; activists who saved chickens demand a date with the justice system; and Charlie, a piglet whose story touched thousands

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Inspiring Stories from 2022, Part 1

January 10, 2023

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Inspiring Stories from 2022, Part 1

January 10, 2023

Read how Dora saved herself, how "No More Factory Farms" was introduced as legislation in California, and why two brand-new activists decided to get loud for animal rights

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Residents Hold Memorial Protest for 15 Horses Who Died at Golden Gate Fields in 2022

January 7, 2023

Activists installed images representing each horse who died in 2022 along the fence at I-80 and hung a 100-foot-long “Shut Down Golden Gate Fields” banner from the pedestrian bridge above I-80.

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Residents Hold Memorial Protest for 15 Horses Who Died at Golden Gate Fields in 2022

January 7, 2023

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The Bitter Civil War Dividing American Veterinarians

January 4, 2023

Vox

While the public associates veterinarians with cats and dogs, imagining it as a job for animal lovers, veterinary medicine is also deeply embedded in the factory farm system. Veterinarians provide the research, expertise, and scientific and moral authority that allows the US to raise nearly 10 billion land animals in intensive confinement every year.

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The Bitter Civil War Dividing American Veterinarians

January 4, 2023

Vox

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His View: America’s Latest Conflict, the "War on Breakfast"

January 3, 2023

Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Should the meat industry’s PR machinery get it right, they’ll keep consumer eyeballs and the [Supreme Court's] line of questioning focused on the threat of skyrocketing sausage prices. Can we soldier on once the Sausage Egg McMuffin breaks the $5 mark? For their part, animal rights activists will surface the collective moral concerns, emphasizing that those sentiments are shared by most Americans.

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His View: America’s Latest Conflict, the "War on Breakfast"

January 3, 2023

Moscow-Pullman Daily News

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They Rescued Pigs and Turkeys from Factory Farms - and Now Face Decades in Prison

December 23, 2018

The Intercept

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Activists Briefly Occupy Amazon Chicken Supplier to Treat ‘Sick, Starving’ Birds

September 29, 2018

Forbes

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Animal Rights Activists Face Multiple Felony Charges, Brought by Prosecutors With Ties to Smithfield Foods

June 7, 2018

The Intercept

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39 Arrested Protesting Industrial Farm Supplying So-Called "Cage-Free" Eggs to Amazon and Whole Foods

May 30, 2018

Democracy Now!

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Animal rights activists who removed two piglets from factory farm charged after FBI raids

May 25, 2018

The Washington Post

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Bred to Suffer: Inside the Barbaric U.S. Industry of Dog Experimentation

May 17, 2018

The Intercept

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America's largest pork producer pledged to make its meat more humane. An investigation says it didn't.

May 8, 2018

Vox

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Six Animal Rights Activists Charged With Felonies for Investigation and Rescue That Led to Punishment of a Utah Turkey Farm

May 4, 2018

The Intercept

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Fur Is Dead: Animal Welfare Groups Cheer San Francisco Ban

March 20, 2018

The New York Times

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NEWS OF THE WEEK: Vegan Food For LA Shelter Dogs, Animal Protection For Sharks & More, Dec. 12 - Dec. 19, 2017

December 19, 2017

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NEWS OF THE WEEK: Vegans to Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, High Suicide Rates Among Farmers & More, Dec. 2 - Dec. 11, 2017

December 11, 2017

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3 Ways You Can Help Us Save Tuesday's Siblings From Slaughter

December 4, 2017

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When I Was Arrested for an Animal Rights Protest

December 3, 2017

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NEWS OF THE WEEK: Animal Rights Film For Kids, Illinois Pushes To Get Tougher On Animal Abusers & More, Nov. 20 – Dec. 1, 2017

December 1, 2017

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The Con

November 22, 2017

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NEWS OF THE WEEK: Elephant Ban Remains, Activists Lose Appeal & More, Nov. 7 – 20, 2017

November 20, 2017

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NEWS OF THE WEEK: Pussy Riot Digs DxE, Mary’s Chickens Expands & More, Oct. 31 - Nov. 8, 2017

November 9, 2017

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NEWS OF THE WEEK: Call For Meat Ban in Sri Lanka, Berkeley Bans Fish Prizes & More, October 24 – 31, 2017

November 1, 2017

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Animal Rights Activists Create Giant “Death for Dinner” Display Outside Oakland Safeway

December 14, 2024

Activists covered in fake blood lay down on a giant “plate” to bring attention to the violence behind serving dead animals as food during the holidays. Protestors also called on Safeway to cut ties with Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry, where undercover investigations have exposed sick and injured animals left without care.

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Berkeley Becomes First U.S. City to Ban Factory Farms

November 12, 2024

A coalition of groups, including the Berkeley-based animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) and Compassionate Bay, led the effort to gather the signatures to get this CAFO ban on the ballot.

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Trial Scheduled for Animal Rescuer

November 1, 2024

Zoe Rosenberg, 22, faces criminal charges for rescuing chickens from Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse in Petaluma, CA

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Investigators Publish Full Day of Slaughter Footage at Superior Farms, Exposing Routine Cruelty and Violence

October 29, 2024

Superior Farms is the largest industrial lamb slaughterhouse in the country, and is the subject of Ordinance 309 in Denver, an initiative on the November ballot introduced by Pro-Animal Future that would ban slaughterhouses within city limits

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Prosecutors Concede Evidence Doesn’t Support Felony in Animal Rescue Case

August 20, 2024

Charges to be Dismissed for Third Time in Perdue Chicken Rescue Case

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Food Network Chef Tyler Florence Cuts Ties with Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry, Following Repeated Protests

August 15, 2024

Animal rights activists with Direct Action Everywhere disrupted Florence at events across the country in recent months calling for the move

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Activists Disrupt Food Network Chef Tyler Florence’s Restaurant, Over Ties to Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry

July 20, 2024

On Saturday evening, animal rights activists protested inside and outside of Miller & Lux, an upscale steakhouse in Mission Bay that is owned by celebrity chef Tyler Florence. The protesters were calling on Florence to cut ties with Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry. They marched and chanted through the restaurant, holding signs that read “Drop Petaluma Poultry” and “Stop Supporting Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry’s Criminal Animal Abuse.”

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Massive Barn Fire Kills Tens of Thousands of Chickens at Demler Brothers Egg Ranch

July 19, 2024

The Ramona factory farm was the site of a 2019 animal cruelty investigation by Direct Action Everywhere

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Judge Dismisses Multiple Felonies Against Animal Rescuer

May 13, 2024

Berkeley student in Perdue poultry case now faces 1 felony and 3 misdemeanors

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